Department of Intellectual Property (DIP), Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) and TrueVisions host Anti-Piracy Summit.

Economy News Thursday August 22, 2019 17:09 —PRESS RELEASE LOCAL

Bangkok--22 Aug--True Corporation Today, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP), Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) and TrueVisions hosted the Digital Content Anti-Piracy Summit which was held at the Ministry of Commerce Building in Nonthaburi. The anti-piracy summit was attended by over 130 delegates from government, the content industry and the media. Streaming piracy and the illicit streaming device (ISD) ecosystem is impacting all Thailand international businesses involved in the production and distribution of legitimate content. It is affecting every aspect of the video ecosystem from the independent Thai production companies, the start-ups that are never being born to technology and service providers that are now an integral part of the content industry. The anti-piracy summit was an opportunity for government and senior executives from both the Thai and international content industry to discuss the current landscape of intellectual property protection in Thailand and also debate effective anti-piracy strategies that have been adopted in Thailand and around the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Chulathai Saligupta, Director of Programming Sport, True Visions Group Co., Ltd said that "TrueVisions has always emphasized on the importance of copyrights and strictly complied with rule and regulations of the copyrights owners in every content categories from films, music, entertainment and especially the rights for live broadcast of world-class sports programs. In the past, there have been many rights violations in Thailand from the World Cup to English Premier League. Currently, there are still rights violations but it has been conducted in different manner. Previously, the violation is done via cable TV but now it is carried out on internet and mobile applications instead which is more difficult to detect. If such kind of this violation continue, the global rights owners would eventually terminate their broadcasting signals to Thailand. As a result, Thai football fans would no longer be access to live matches including other quality international contents. If Thai audiences understand and comply to the copyrights law, it would not only protect Thai copyrights content but also enhance the Thai content industry in every category to reach international standard level in the future." The anti-piracy summit included sessions to discuss digital piracy and consumer risk, the efficacy of site blocking, how technology can be used to protect live sport events, and working with intermediaries to prevent the flow of illicit revenue. "Content theft on its' current scale is simply unsustainable, and country after country will put measures into place to curb this. It is happening already and the problem will be solved. There is a golden opportunity for Thailand to be at the forefront of doing what is fair and proper. The time for change is now", said Mr. Louis Boswell, Chief Executive Officer of Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), who co-hosted the summit. Mr. Neil Gane, General Manager of AVIA's Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) said, "The commercial damage that content theft does to the creative industries is without dispute. However, what is less apparent to both consumers and government regulators is that digital piracy can also represent a serious risk to consumers. The appetite for free or paying cheap subscriptions for stolen content often blinds consumers from the very real risks of malware infection".

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